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THE FOLK-LITERATURE OF THE GALLA
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again pursued as far as the frontier of the kingdom and Ligdf Bakarle took prisoner Abba
Digga, the brother of Abba Gubir, the aforesaid rival of Tufa Roba (see song 15, intro-
duction).
Gtedd gold bute ayuddu fardibni
galdzessi gssa r'mbu ’u fdrda buse. butdn fardd ntti hiqe.
farda yo^bbdn^mbuftu
1 I came down to Gihdo. 2 Where the monkeys are not seen to descend, I made my
horse descend! 3 When the horseman would not leave his horse, 4 the hoofs of the
horse, 5 the horse was restrained there by the sword (literally, the sword has restrained
there the horse).
Notes. Nerses 3-5 mean: The horseman can restrain his horse in the precipices of
Giedo only by sword thrusts.
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Ligdf Bakarle was a brother of Moroda, the chief of Lieqa Naqamte. The captivity of
Abba Digga, the prince of Guma taken prisoner at Giedd, made more difficult the position
of Lieqa Naqamte between the two belligerent leagues. Lieqa Naqamte did not join itself
to the Mussulmen (although its chief enemy, Tucco Danno had added his army to the
pagan league) because it was on eveiy side surrounded by pagan populations and its little
army would not have been able to resist till the arrival of the Moslem armies; nor did it
fight on the side of the pagans because of the old enmity with the Warra Biera (see song
28). Here is an interesting strophe, which Moroda sang to deplore the dangers of neutral-
ity. Libqa Naqamte, as I have above said, remained neutral during the war.
yd "bbdko Bakan'e q-ssa "bbako daqare
yd'kkdko Yamugze rdkko rdkko na dufe
1 0 my father Bakarih! 2 0 my ancestor Yamugie! 3 Where can I go? 4 All woes
reached me!
Notes. However, the brother of Moroda, Ligdf, followed the pagan league. Abba
Digga was taken after his capture into Lieqa Naqamte; Ligdf desired to hang him, but
Moroda, to avoid worse difficulties between his tribe and Guma, let him escape disguised
in woman’s clothes.
21
The army of Lfmmu, which had gone to aid Guma, after the battle at Giedd was pur-
sued by the Nole Kabba, a Galla tribe living on the left bank of the BIrblr, west of Haru
Gada Dulle and Gfmma Horro. The 11 four pagans ” decided that the Nole Kabba, after
pursuing the army of Lfmmu, would attack Lfmmu itself. In fact, the Nole Kabba pene-
trated Lfmmu as far as Hursa.
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again pursued as far as the frontier of the kingdom and Ligdf Bakarle took prisoner Abba
Digga, the brother of Abba Gubir, the aforesaid rival of Tufa Roba (see song 15, intro-
duction).
Gtedd gold bute ayuddu fardibni
galdzessi gssa r'mbu ’u fdrda buse. butdn fardd ntti hiqe.
farda yo^bbdn^mbuftu
1 I came down to Gihdo. 2 Where the monkeys are not seen to descend, I made my
horse descend! 3 When the horseman would not leave his horse, 4 the hoofs of the
horse, 5 the horse was restrained there by the sword (literally, the sword has restrained
there the horse).
Notes. Nerses 3-5 mean: The horseman can restrain his horse in the precipices of
Giedo only by sword thrusts.
20
Ligdf Bakarle was a brother of Moroda, the chief of Lieqa Naqamte. The captivity of
Abba Digga, the prince of Guma taken prisoner at Giedd, made more difficult the position
of Lieqa Naqamte between the two belligerent leagues. Lieqa Naqamte did not join itself
to the Mussulmen (although its chief enemy, Tucco Danno had added his army to the
pagan league) because it was on eveiy side surrounded by pagan populations and its little
army would not have been able to resist till the arrival of the Moslem armies; nor did it
fight on the side of the pagans because of the old enmity with the Warra Biera (see song
28). Here is an interesting strophe, which Moroda sang to deplore the dangers of neutral-
ity. Libqa Naqamte, as I have above said, remained neutral during the war.
yd "bbdko Bakan'e q-ssa "bbako daqare
yd'kkdko Yamugze rdkko rdkko na dufe
1 0 my father Bakarih! 2 0 my ancestor Yamugie! 3 Where can I go? 4 All woes
reached me!
Notes. However, the brother of Moroda, Ligdf, followed the pagan league. Abba
Digga was taken after his capture into Lieqa Naqamte; Ligdf desired to hang him, but
Moroda, to avoid worse difficulties between his tribe and Guma, let him escape disguised
in woman’s clothes.
21
The army of Lfmmu, which had gone to aid Guma, after the battle at Giedd was pur-
sued by the Nole Kabba, a Galla tribe living on the left bank of the BIrblr, west of Haru
Gada Dulle and Gfmma Horro. The 11 four pagans ” decided that the Nole Kabba, after
pursuing the army of Lfmmu, would attack Lfmmu itself. In fact, the Nole Kabba pene-
trated Lfmmu as far as Hursa.